In the rebuttal by Paul Lawrence, the city's lead attorney, to the closing argument by Sonics attorney Brad Keller, he said Keller made the statement that no Washington court has enforced specific performance of a lease. Lawrence cited a court case in which the lease was enforced -- a case that had the landlord making specific improvements at a tenant's request.

Lawrence emphasized Keller's closing didn't cite a lot of case law to discuss specific performance and the "unique object."